Land Use Data for Latitude 51.25 Longitude -105.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area

Agricultural Land Uses

Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock

Ecosystems

Temperate drylands

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Cereals and cereal products
Rapeseed
Wheat

Growing Period (days)

60 to 89

Soil Types

Chernozems (Black soils rich in organic matter)
Kastanozems (Dark brown soils rich in organic matter)
Regosols (Other)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

5 to 10

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.